Stories by John Gerritsen

Trade training is booming with thousands more people signing up for apprenticeships since the pandemic began.

The University of Auckland enrolled a record number of students and made a multi-million-dollar surplus last year, despite the pandemic.

Some principals doubt they can adequately ventilate their classrooms to reduce the spread of Covid-19 during winter.

Schools, universities and other tertiary institutions are expecting little trouble filling the biggest intake of foreign students in two years.

More than 200,000 children have been staying home from school every day this month during the Omicron surge.

The government will tell teachers how to teach the basics as part of a major overhaul of maths and literacy teaching.

Universities are facing their toughest year of the pandemic yet as domestic and foreign student numbers slump.

The Ministry of Education has told schools they can require Covid-19 vaccination for certain roles even after the government mandate lifts on 5 April. Audio

The Green Party has blown the whistle on secret talks aimed at boosting enrolments to the country's three residential special schools.

Schools and early childhood centres hope hundreds of thousands of rapid antigen tests (RATs) will keep attendance up and put staff and students at ease.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every school and early childhood centre will have contact with Covid-19 in the next few weeks.

Groups representing early learning service owners and managers say there is already a teacher shortage and many services will not be able to find enough relievers to stay open if staff caught…

Lectures started at some universities this week and the Union of Students' Associations said there had been cases of the virus among students at several institutions.

Cases of Covid-19 among children and teachers are forcing schools to roster entire year groups home or offer online learning for those who want it.

Primary school principals say the proposal does not make sense and comes just as foreign families are lining up to enrol their children next year after borders reopen.

Principals are isolating themselves and making teachers work in separate bubbles in an attempt to slow the spread of omicron in their schools.

Principals say some schools and teachers are ignoring or misinterpreting the mask mandate for school children.

Auckland principals are reporting a mixed turnout as schools reopen for the year.

South Auckland primary schools are considering whether to host vaccine clinics to help vaccinate the region's 5 to 11-year-olds.

Some parents are worried mask rules for playcentres are unsafe and they are wearing them even though they do not have to.

The Tertiary Education Union is worried small polytechnics will not survive a major overhaul of education funding, despite the viability of small polytechnics being a goal of the changes.

Principals say some parents are threatening to take their children out of school because of the mask mandate for older primary school children.

Tertiary institutions are worried a pause in visa processing means few foreign students will make it into the country next year.

Primary and intermediate schools could be welcoming children back to class with a Covid vaccination next year.

A forecast indicates the ability of young teachers to go overseas for work could be the difference between a surplus of teachers next year, or a shortage of nearly 1000.